Benefits of agricultural extension programmes as climate adaptation
![Researcher, Allan Dan, planting seedlings](https://www.pacificecoadapt.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/allan-dan.jpg)
Investments in island-scale agricultural extension programmes can help small-scale farmers reduce the risks of innovating with new techniques and crop variants as a response to environmental change. These programmes can reduce harvesting pressure on forests and coastal reefs, protecting these ecosystems as buffers against the impacts of climate change.